Aug. 12, 2024 15:36 PM EDT
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — After decades of seeking a bigger voice in the United Nations ' most powerful body, Africa "cannot wait any longer,” Sierra Leone's president told the Security Council on Monday.
Chairing a meeting that his country convened, President Julius Maada Bio...
Aug. 10, 2024 12:13 PM EDT
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Twenty-four soldiers in Sierra Leone were sentenced to lengthy prison terms, some for up to 120 years, after being convicted by a military court for their roles in an attempted coup in the West African nation last year.
A seven-member jury convicted...